I really don’t think he has any anxiety about going to college next year, so I assume the problem is that he is worried about making the wrong choice. Also difficult with the WL situation looming large - it’s quite hard to put that out of mind. (Despite his doneness with religion, I think it’s become pretty clear now that Notre Dame is his first choice.) I’ve been talking to him this week about different great paths to choose from and not being worried about making a choice.
He’s had a difficult and demanding year with his school. The work flow has been boom and bust, mostly boom. The school just got shut down again and he’s back to remote. One of his teachers is kind of imploding with the AP exam coming up. She gave the whole class an F on two assignments and then laughed about it when they told her. I think he’s just focused on trying to finish strong right now in HS and has hard time looking up from that.
I appreciate everyone’s responses upthread. I think we have verified that this is not an easy choice. He’s not going to get the whole package but he will get something great.